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Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 [message #31066 is a reply to message #31047]

Mon, 03 June 2002 14:11

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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Wolfgang.Dobler@kis.uni-freiburg.de wrote:
>
> Has anybody encountered this one before:
>
> idl> cd, '../../..'
>
> only moves one directory up under IDL 5.5 (5.4 was OK).
>
> The problem is that I have (and need) '../../../idl' in my !path; is there
> a workaround to get this directory -- which may vary, depending on where I
> currently am -- still included into !path ?
>
> W o l f g a n g

Dear Wolfgang,

we have recognized this behaviour too.

you can use file_expand_path('../../../idl')

The FILE_EXPAND_PATH function expands a given file or partial directory
name to its fully qualified name regardless of the current working
directory.

regards
Reimar

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Forschungszentrum Juelich
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		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: Wolfgang.Dobler on Wed, 05 June 2002 00:36
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: R.Bauer on Tue, 04 June 2002 13:34
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: Dick Jackson on Tue, 04 June 2002 10:16
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: R.Bauer on Mon, 03 June 2002 14:11
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: mperrin+news on Mon, 03 June 2002 09:58
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: G Karas on Sat, 15 June 2002 18:23

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